HIROSHIMA, Japan — Every year on Aug. 6, Hiroshima becomes a city of mourning. And one full of reminders — some delivered politely, some pointedly — of the most extreme dangers of modern warfare. Seventy years …

Hiroshima, Japan • Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Thursday, with Mayor Kazumi Matsui renewing calls for U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders to step up …

SEOUL – The nuclear bomb detonated as a 16-year-old girl sat in a shanty town cradling her baby, waiting for her mother to return from selling candy. With Hiroshima in flames behind her on Aug. 6, 1945, the teen …

70th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing: What it was like to survive the atomic bomb

Seven decades ago, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It almost instantly leveled most of the city and killed as many as 140,000 people. Three days later, on Aug. 9, another …

On the passing of the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing on August 6, 1945, a number of voices are being raised to remind us about the specter of nuclear weapons. Prime minister Shinzo Abe, along with …

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The Guardian view on the Hiroshima legacy: still in the shadow of the bomb

The world longs to cast off the legacy of the atomic bomb, but the need for global deterrence has not gone away A Hiroshima resident prepares for a lantern procession to comfort the souls of victims killed by the atomic …